The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-01-13
Inspection ON the Hoof Demanded by Stockmen

A meeting was held at the Minnesota
state capitol recently, the gentlemen pres
ent being there on invitation OF Gov. Hub
bard. The object of the meeting was to
consult with the state board OF health
concerning Infectious diseases OF stock.
GOV. Hubbard presided.
DIR. Charles N. Hewitt explained the law
already in force. He gave a review OF the
work OF the board in dealing with CHAMBERS.
and expressed confidence in that feature OF
the law which called for it's enforce
ments at the hands OF local boards of
health, instead OF state veterinari:
ans, as had been done in other,
states with less success han in Min
nesota. He related instances OF the work.
ing OF the law, and gave an account OF his
visit to Chicago by request of the governor
last September at the time of the breaking
out OF pleuro-pheumonia, and from q large
number OF kilograms received in answer to
inquiries, gave the status of ~pleuro-pneu-
monia in the United States. 1t is now in
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Illinois.
j.. j. Hill was gratifed with the doctors
report. It had cleared away some doubts
had spent $50, 600. 90 to get rid of pleuro-
pneumonia. and England had spent $780,.
OOO, 600. The disease was now worse in
Scotland Than it has been for years. In re-
ferring to diseased meat he said he used no
meat in his own family except what he
killed himself. Rigid inspection alone
would procure the health OF the people.
He believed Minnesota was the healthiest
state in the Union for feeding stock. If
the disease could be kept out, the meat OF
this state would have as good a reputa-
lieved q law should be passed enforcing in
spection on the hoof, and then diseased
cattle would not be shipped into the state.
DR.. Hewitt said the board would not
dare to make as radical a suggestion as
that made by Mr.. Hill for the inspection
OF cattle on the hoof, but it a thoroughly
in favor OF it.
Mr.. Hill held that no hardship would be
worked by inspection on the hoof, SO long rs
the state was free from .pleuro-pneumonia.
DR.. Alloway sympathized with the move.
ment. Unless inspection was made on the
hoof it amounted to nothing.
A resolution was offered by j. j. Hill,
and adopted, expressing qualification for
| the work OF the state board OF health fol-
the past year, and asking the legislature
for q contingent fund to enable the board
to continue it's work. n = ~
The Medical Review of New York says
The case of the late Gen. Logan appears to
be one of those rare ones in which acute
| rheumatism auses p rapid and fatal issue
The cerebral symptoms were OF conges
| ton Of the brain. Acute rheumatism il
so rarely the cause ofdeath thatsome com
plication il expected and almost always
found in fatal cases. Such symptoms ar,
most liable to develope in persons whose
nervous system has been subjected to tire
mendous strains or to the tox ic effects Q
narcotics and stimulants. In 81 per CEN
Of cases this disease is perfectly free iron
danger.
John Dillon in Dublin deposited tn,
$1,000 bail required by the recent decision
against him for agitating the plan o
campaign. John e. Kenny, member Q
parliament for South Cork, and Joseph G
Biggar, member for West Caron, becam'
sureties for Mr.. Dillon in $1,000.
The st. Petersburg Academy OF sience
has received q telegram from DR.. Runge
at Orlinga, reporting the successful ter
mination Of the labors OF the Russian expo
dition which has been exploring the regiol
around the mouth OF the Lena river il
Eastern Siberia and the new Siberian isl
ands, where the Jeanette expedition cam
to grief.
A Dispatch from Berlin says that the n
moval Of the snow which tellsjn the lat
storm has revealed an appalling loss Q
life. Many travellers were overtaken b.
the storm. Fifty bodies have been founl
In Saxony, thirty in Thuringa and forty !
Southern Germany. It is estimated tina
the total loss Q Vile will DO nearly tw
hundred.